WEBVTT HE STORY.JIMMIE?JIMMIE: AS YOU JUST MENTIONED IJUST SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY WITH ONEOF THE DIVERS RESCUED TODAY.WHAT I FOUND TO BE MOSTINTERESTING WAS A CONVERSATION IHAD WITH A LOCAL CHARTER BOATCAPTAIN WHO SAID HE SAW THEGROUP OUT ON THE WATER EARLIERTODAY.HOURS BEFORE A GROUP OF DIVERSIN JUPITER WENT MISSING, ACHARTER BOAT CAPTAIN TELLS ME HESENSED SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT.>> THERE WAS ONE POINT WHERE IWAS WONDERING WHY THEY WERE SOFAR SOUTH, BECAUSE I WAS KIND OFFISHING SOUTH OF WHERE THEBONAIRE WAS AND THEY DIDN'T HAVETHEIR DIVERS IN THE BOAT ANDTHEY WERE AWAY FROM THE ACTUALWRECK. JIMMIE: JUST BEFORE 5:00WEDNESDAY, THE U.S. COAST GUARDSAYS IS SIX DIVERS WENT TO SING--- MISSING THREE MILES OFF THEJUPITER INLET.>> NORMALLY IN THAT SITUATIONTHE CURRENT IS RUNNING TO THENORTH, SO YOU DON'T REALLY WANTTO BE TO THE SOUTH OFF THE DIVESPOT.YOU WANT TO BE IF ANYTHINGFARTHER NORTH IN CASE SOMETHINGHAPPENS TO DIVERS. JIMMIE: THE COAST GUARD SAYS ACALL CAME IN ABOUT MISSINGTHREE.HOWEVER, THEY DID NOT SAY IF THECALL CAME FROM THE SAME BOATCARRYING THE DIVERS.OUR CAMERAS WERE ROLLING WHENSEA TOW, ACCOMPANIED BY COASTGUARD AND A SHERIFF MARINE UNIT,BROUGHT THIS GROUP OF DIVERS TOSHORE.>> WHAT WERE THE CONDITIONSLIKE?>> THE WATER CONDITIONS WEREVERY GOOD.A LITTLE BIT ROUGH, BUT REALLYWHEN YOU'RE A LITTLE BITEXPERIENCED. JIMMIE: EDDIE VAN WULPEN, ADIVER FROM BELGIUM, ON THE BOAT,SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY WITH WPBF 25NEWS ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE.>> WE DIDN'T SEE THE BOAT WHEWE CAME UP, AND I THINK 10, 15MINUTES AFTER WE SAW THEMPASSING BY, BUT FAR AWAY, SO HEDIDN'T SEE US.JIMMIE: THIS RESCUE AT THEJUPITER INLET MAKES IT THESECOND IN LESS THAN A MONTH.IN MAY, WE TOLD YOU SEVEN DIVERSWENT MISSING AND THEN WERERESCUED A SHORT TIME LATER.

A charter boat captain tells WPBF 25 News he sensed something was wrong hours before six divers went missing in Jupiter Wednesday.

"There was one point where I was wondering why they were so far south, because I was kind of fishing south of where the Bonaire was and they didn't have their divers in the boat and they were away from the actual wreck,” said Rip Munsterman, a charter boat captain.

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Just before 5 p.m., U.S. Coast Guard officials said six divers were lost three miles off the Jupiter Inlet.

"Normally in that situation the current is running to the north, so you don't really want to be to the south off the dive spot. You want to be if anything farther north in case something happens to divers,” said Munsterman.

The Coast Guard said a call came in about missing divers from charter boat "Emerald Three."

However, officials did not say if the call came from the same boat carrying the divers.

Our cameras were rolling when sea tow, accompanied by Coast Guard and a Palm Beach County Sheriff Marine Unit brought the group of divers to shore.

“The water conditions were very good. A little bit rough, but when you're a little bit experienced,” said Eddie Van Wulpen, a diver from Belgium on the boat.